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President Eliot was one of the leading speakers at a public meeting held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of advancing the cause of the public opinion bill which is now before the State Legislature. The bill aims to increase the use of the referendum and the introduction of the popular initiative.
Robert Treat Paine '88 presided, and introduced President Eliot, who said that he firmly believed in the bill which, in principle, will bring about more public interest in legislation, although the details of the bill might, in his estimation, be altered. He said that by its very essence, the opinion of hundreds of thousands of people is bound to be more accurate and more representative than any expression now given by legislators exposed to political influences.
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